I use a 30-plus year old Rapala fillet knife that has cleaned far more ducks over the years than fish. You want a somewhat flexible blade with a narrow width. Length is not nearly as important (in this case ).

I went ahead a bought a Havalon Piranta to try out. I got the bolt model so I can try both blades. I guess we will see how it works. I really like the interchangeable blades. I was unfortunately never that good at sharpening blades.

My favorites have been the caping knives. Really liked the paklite caping knife from Buck, it's short bladed, long handled, lightweight skeletonized all metal design meant I never had a problem with grip while hands were wet and bloody from cleaning.

Wish I hadn't lost the damn thing.

Now I have a Gerber Myth Caper (as part of the field dressing kit,) which is nice because there's a sharpener built into the sheath.

Still using my Buck "Bird" Knife only made a ew years around the very late 70's to very early 80's, then it went out of production. The knife of pocket style folder design featured one perfect blade and a "gut hook" designed for the cleaning of gamebirds. I at some point broke the gut hook and sent it back under Buck's Forever Warranty for repair. The knife was fixed, sharpened, and was returned to me in far less that the time originally estimated. The knife got shipped back at no charge for return shipment and with a 25% discount voucher for any future one time Buck knife purchase. Outright fantastic knife for breasting out pheasant, ducks, and geese. Simply incredible customer service / support.

I have a Cutco folding lock blade knife with a 2 1/4" blade that is serrated with a green handle; it is by far the best cleaning knife I've used on both ducks and geese. Best part is I believe it came free with a set of my mother's Cutco kitchen knives, not 100% on that as I inherited it from my dad.

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All I carry anymore are Case xx knives. Got a Peanut and a Stockman for Christmas and used the peanut to clean some birds yesterday. It worked great but a little smaller than I like for cleaning birds. Their clip blades are about perfect for the task. I know they have a dedicated model for cleaning birds with a hook and I might try to find one of those. I also have a havalon that I got during deer season and loved it for gutting deer. Never even crossed my mind to use it on birds. Guess I'll have to try it out this weekend if the birds cooperate

Busse Battle Mistress knife: The Battle Mistress knife is not a radical design. It has a conventionally shaped 10-inch blade, but it is nearly 2 pounds, and quite literally as sharp as a razor. This combination of weight, strength, and extreme keenness makes it unique. Do you wish to behead a hippo? Would you like to chop down a telephone pole? Perhaps you yearn to slice a redwood into sections? If you have the Mistress and a strong arm, you can.

JemmLoy wrote:Busse Battle Mistress knife: The Battle Mistress knife is not a radical design. It has a conventionally shaped 10-inch blade, but it is nearly 2 pounds, and quite literally as sharp as a razor. This combination of weight, strength, and extreme keenness makes it unique. Do you wish to behead a hippo? Would you like to chop down a telephone pole? Perhaps you yearn to slice a redwood into sections? If you have the Mistress and a strong arm, you can.

That is probably the absolute worst tool imaginable for the job of cleaning ducks, but I think that this season I'm going to dress out a few birds with my Team Gemini just because.

JemmLoy wrote:Busse Battle Mistress knife: The Battle Mistress knife is not a radical design. It has a conventionally shaped 10-inch blade, but it is nearly 2 pounds, and quite literally as sharp as a razor. This combination of weight, strength, and extreme keenness makes it unique. Do you wish to behead a hippo? Would you like to chop down a telephone pole? Perhaps you yearn to slice a redwood into sections? If you have the Mistress and a strong arm, you can.